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City nicknames can help establish a civic identity, help outsiders recognize a community, attract people to a community because of its nickname, promote civic pride, and build community unity. [1] Nicknames and slogans that successfully create a new community "ideology or myth" [2] are also believed to have economic value. [1]
Various nicknames are featured on a wall at John F. Kennedy International Airport.. The Big Apple – first published as a euphemism for New York City in 1921 by sportswriter John J. Fitz Gerald, who claimed he had heard it used the year prior by two stable hands at the New Orleans Fair Grounds because of the large prizes available at horse races in New York. [3]
Orangeburg – The Garden City [24] Pageland – The Watermelon Capital of the World [25] Rock Hill – The Gateway to South Carolina [26] Ruby. Jewel City of the South [citation needed] Spartanburg. The Hub City [7] [27] Sparkle City [7] [11] [28] Sumter – The Gamecock City [29] Walterboro - "The Front Porch of the Lowcountry" [30] Winnsboro ...
Each of the 50 states has a famous nickname. Some are straightforward, like Delaware's nickname, the "First State." Others require a bit more of an explanation, such as how Wisconsin became the ...
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According to a 2020 report from the University of South Carolina, a 12-6 upset victory over the Tigers that year was the catalyst that directly led to the nickname: It broke a four-game skid in ...
New Hampshire: New Hampshirite New Hampshireman or New Hampshirewoman, Granite Stater, Granite Boys [42] New Jersey: New Jerseyan New Jerseyite New Mexico: New Mexican Spanish: Neomexicano, neomexicana, Neomejicano, neomejicana [43] New York: New Yorker Knickerbocker [44] [45] Spanish: Neoyorquino, neoyorquina North Carolina: North Carolinian
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.